Definition of Differentiator

1. Noun. A person who (or that which) differentiates.

Exact synonyms: Discriminator
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Differentiate, Discriminate, Discriminate

Definition of Differentiator

1. n. One who, or that which, differentiates.

Definition of Differentiator

1. Noun. Anything that differentiates, or causes differentiation (in any sense) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Differentiator

differential thermometer
differential threshold
differential topology
differential ureteral catheterization test
differential white blood count
differentially
differentials
differentiate
differentiated
differentiates
differentiating
differentiation
differentiation antigen
differentiations
differentiative
differentiator (current term)
differentiators
differentiatory
differently
differently able
differently abled
differentness
differentnesses
differents
differest
differeth
differing
differingly
differs
difficile

Literary usage of Differentiator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Graphical and Mechanical Computation by Joseph Lipka (1918)
"The differentiator. — This 1s a machine which draws the derivative curve y' = -~ of the curve y = f(x). dy Q/jC Since the ordinate of the derivative curve ..."

2. The Philosophy of Radio-activity: Or, Selective Involution by Eugene Coleman Savidge (1914)
"It is probably the differentiator as well as the color- doubler at the center of life. Its relation to the glands is as well known as the glands' relation ..."

3. The Rockefeller Billions: The Story of the World's Most Stupendous Fortune by Jules Abels (1907)
"If, in the treatment of emphysema, the differentiator is used the following plan is ... Although some years ago I possessed such a differentiator I had no ..."

4. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"When marijuana was achieving wider social acceptance during the sixties, it became the "great differentiator" in many social milieus. ..."

5. Diseases of the Lungs by Robert Hall Babcock (1907)
"If, in the treatment of emphysema, the differentiator is used the following plan is ... Although some years ago I possessed such a differentiator I had no ..."

6. The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1915)
"For example, acid may be the color differentiator in a setting of a certain solution containing it and litmus (with one drop of acid the color being blue, ..."

7. Electromagnetic Theory by Oliver Heaviside (1893)
"(125) and so on, simply because NV is a differentiator. Expanded in . ... It is plainly v times the corresponding axial differentiator, or v. ..."

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